But initially, at least, she didn’t seem as content with the Justice Department’s decision not to further pursue Google’s contention that Microsoft’s upcoming Internet Explorer 7 unfairly favors MSN Search.

“I couldn’t quite figure out how it got resolved and why it wasn’t a problem,” [Kollar-Kotelly] said. She appeared satisified after a Justice Department lawyer, Renata Hesse, described how easy it was for consumers and computer makers to direct the browser software to use search technology other than Microsoft’s.